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March 3, 2020: Latest News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

UPDATE: 10:35 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Reaches 1,200<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Khamenei shamelessly claims Corona outbreak not a big deal, claims his regime has been transparent in informing the public since day one!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Iran,<\/p>\n

The\u00a0People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI \/MEK)<\/a>\u00a0announced on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, that as of 8:00 pm local time, the death toll nationwide from Coronavirus had exceeded 1,200 lives.<\/p>\n

Reports indicate 300 victims in Qom, 215 in Tehran, 70 in Rasht, 12 in Lahijan, 6 in Astaneh, 60 in Mashhad, 43 in Isfahan, 23 in Kashan, 10 in Dastgerd, 54 in Gorgan, 45 in Arak, 45 in Kermanshah, 38 in Shiraz, 39 in Karaj, 23 in Khorramabad, 20 in Qazvin, 10 in Zahedan, 16 in Iranshahr, 12 in Boushehr, \u00a0and more than 100 in Mazandaran province have lost their lives.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 7:45 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Breaking: Over 1,200 people have died of the Coronavirus in Iran, according to Iranian opposition PMOI\/MEK sources.
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This includes<\/a>: Qom: 300\u00a0 Tehran: 215\u00a0 Mazandaran Province: +100\u00a0 Rasht: 70\u00a0 Mashhad: 60\u00a0 Gorgan: 54\u00a0 Arak: 45\u00a0 Kermanshah: 45\u00a0 Isfahan: 43\u00a0 Karaj: 39\u00a0 Shiraz: 38\u00a0 Kashan: 23<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 6:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Khamenei dismisses Coronavirus as not that big a deal, even calls it a blessing!<\/strong><\/h3>\n

While more than 1,000 people have died to the coronavirus in Iran, and while in shocking revelation, the Iranian regime’s Deputy Health Minister Ghasem Janbabaei acknowledged in an interview with state TV that over 12,000 people have been hospitalized after being diagnosed with the coronavirus and this is only 20 percent of the individuals who have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei dismisses Coronavirus as “not that big a deal”, even calls it a “blessing”.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 5:50 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a shocking confession, Masoud Pezeshkian, regime\u2019s deputy speaker of the parliament, declared that the government\u2019s statistics of the people diagnosed with the Coronavirus in Iran are \u201cNot the actual numbers.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Pezeshkian, who served as the Minister of Health of the regime\u2019s former president Mohammad Khatami, in an interview<\/a> with the state-run Ensaf-News news agency on Tuesday said: The statistics [of those diagnosed with the COVID-19] announced by the Ministry of Health are not the statistics of all of those diagnosed with this virus.\u201d<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 5:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of coronavirus victims in Iran are 20-fold higher than official numbers<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Many\u00a0reports\u00a0from various prisons across the country indicate the coronavirus spreading to the Greater Tehran Prison in the Iranian capital, and the prisons of Gohardasht, Ghezel Hesar, Markazi (Central), Karaj, Urmia, Sheyban in Ahvaz and Kashan.<\/p>\n

\"Amir<\/p>\n

Amir Hossein Moradi<\/em><\/p>\n

Political prisoner Amir Hossein Moradi, arrested during the November 2019 uprising and recently sentenced to death, is among the inmates now infected with the\u00a0coronavirus<\/a>. Two political prisoners in Sheyban prison of Ahvaz are diagnosed with the coronavirus and have been transferred to the facility\u2019s quarantine section. There are no new reports of their conditions or whereabouts.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 3:00 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some Reports of Corona Outbreak\u00a0 in Iran – Source: PMOI\/MEK<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Video: We are coronavirus COVID-19 epicenter: Head of Iran’s Golestan Medical Sciences University<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bushehr, southern Iran:
Footage shows boxes of masks being exported to fund the mullahs’ regime. All the while, millions of Iranians across the country are desperately searching for medical supplies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bushehr, southern #Iran<\/a>
Footage shows boxes of masks being exported to fund the mullahs’ regime. All the while, millions of Iranians across the country are desperately searching for medical supplies.#CoronaOutbreak<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ZBiwIZMXEB<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tehran, Iran: <\/strong>
Man explains how the regime’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) is labeling air fresheners as anti-bacterial sprays.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tehran, #Iran<\/a>
Man explains how the regime’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) is labeling air fresheners as anti-bacterial sprays.<\/p>\n

The lives of millions of Iranians are at stake & the mullahs are using the opportunity to make huge profits.#coronavirus<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/W4PVRYCaVL<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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UPDATE: 2:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

MEK Reveals Coronavirus Death Toll in Iran<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"International
International media outlets cover MEK\u2019s announcements on death toll of Coronavirus outbreak in Iran<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While the Iranian regime continues to cover-up the extent and actual casualties of the Coronavirus outbreak, international media outlets have published the actual number announced by the\u00a0People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI, Muja<\/a><\/span>h<\/span><\/a>edin-e Khalq or MEK)<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 9:30 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Washington Times: Iran Islamic regime hiding exploding coronavirus count: resistance group<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Iran\u00a0is suffering coronavirus deaths at 20 times the official number put out by the hardline Islamic state, according to a major resistance group.. But the People\u2019s Mujahideen of Iran (MEK) said on Monday that the death toll in Iran exceeds 1,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 9:10\u00a0AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Video of dead bodies of victims of the coronavirus in the morgue in Behesht Masoumeh Cemetery in Qom<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Iran, March 2, 2020:<\/strong> The video shows the depths of human casualties in Behesht Masoumeh Cemetery.<\/p>\n

A video showing many dead bodies and the narrator saying the cause is Corona.\u00a0Some have white shrouds over the corpses, others have black coverings.<\/p>\n

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March 2, 2020 \u2013 UPDATE: 11:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran: Regime\u2019s repressive measures expediting Coronavirus outbreak in prisons, endangering thousands<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Mrs. Rajavi urges world community to take immediate action\u00a0to save the lives of the prisoners<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reports from sources from various prisons around the country indicate that the Coronavirus has spread to, and is raging out of control in, Greater Tehran (Fashafouyeh), Evin, Gohardasht, Ghezel-Hesar, Central Karaj, Urmia, Shiban-Ahvaz and Kashan prisons.<\/p>\n

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Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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March 2, 2020 \u2013 UPDATE: 10 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

MEK Resistance Units, rebellious youth slam Iran\u2019s regime for the coronavirus outbreak<\/strong><\/h3>\n

As the death toll caused by the coronavirus outbreak is rising in Iran and we are facing a national disaster, the Iranian regime tries to hide its inaction and secrecy about the number of infected and deaths.<\/p>\n

Iranian Resistance Units, a network of MEK activists, and the rebellious youths in various cities of the country chanted \u201cThe virus of the Supreme leader is the cause of death of our people\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Iran news in brief, March 3, 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 1,000<\/div>\n
Jailed Protester Contracts COVID-19, Fellow Inmates Also Suspected.<\/div>\n
U.N. Nuclear Watchdog Plans Alert on Iranian Regime’s Stonewalling.<\/div>\n
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WHAT ARE THE IRAN PROTESTS OF 2019?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday, March 3, 2020, marks the 110th day since the beginning of the nationwide Iran protests.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>\u00a0has identified 755 of the more than 1500 protesters killed by the regime so far.<\/p>\n

Mrs.\u00a0Maryam Rajavi<\/a>\u00a0the President-elect of\u00a0the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0has called on the United Nations to urgently send an international fact-finding mission to Iranian prisons to meet with the detainees.<\/p>\n

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE UPRISING:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of uprising cities:\u00a0191<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of martyrs: At least\u00a01500<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of injured: More than\u00a04,000<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of detainees: More than\u00a012,000<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read more:\u00a0Latest News in Brief- March 2, 2020<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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